BLACK SEA EURASIA ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA LOG IN JOIN IN THE NEWS SPOTLIGHT LISTS THIS DAY SEARCH CLICK HERE TO SEARCH BLACK SEASEA WRITTEN BY ALEKSEY VLADIMIR PETROVICH LUCH LAST ARTICLE ALTERNATIVE TITLES MAREA NEAGR PONTUS PONTUS EUXINUS RELATED TOPICS ARTEMIDORUS SINOP EUROPE MAURICE THOREZ BAYBARS SAMSUN TREATY OF BELGRADE TRABZON TREATY OF JASSY TREATY OF KUCUK KAYNARCA RUSSIAN BULGARIAN UKRAINIAN TURKISH ROMANIAN INLAND SEA SITUATED SOUTHEASTERN BORDERED UKRAINE TO THE NORTH RUSSIA THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA TURKEY BULGARIA ROMANIA BASIN STRATEGICALLY CONNECTED WATERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BOSPORUS FROM THE SEA SOUTHWESTERN THE SEA THE DARDANELLES THE AEGEAN MEDITERRANEAN SEA CRIMEAN PENINSULA THRUSTS THE BLACK SEA EAST THE NARROW KERCH STRAIT LINKS SMALLER SEA OF AZOV COASTLINE MAXIMUM EXTENT MILES DISTANCE THE TIP CRIMEA CAPE THE SOUTH THE SURFACE MARMARA THE SEA OF AZOV SQUARE PROPER DEPTH FEET REACHED IN THE SOUTH SECTOR ANCIENT GREEK ON THE FRINGE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD MEANING THE REGION COLONIES SHORES THE GREEKS HOSPITABLE NAME CHANGED THE OPPOSITE JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS FIND THE GOLDEN FLEECE THE LAND KINGDOM EASTERN CONTROL THE LANDS BEYOND SOUTHERN SHORES SUDDEN STORMS WHIPPED DESIGNATION ASPECT SIMILAR TOPICS CASPIAN SEA BALTIC SEA PERSIAN GULF ARAL SEA SALTON SEA BERMUDA TRIANGLE RED SEA SOUTH CHINA SEA REMARKABLE FEATURE INTENTS AND PURPOSES ALMOST BIOLOGICALLY DEAD POLLUTION WEAK VENTILATION THE DEEP STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE CENTURIES THE ADVENT CONDITIONS ECONOMIC TO THE FORE EXCEPT NORTHWESTERN NORTHERN MOUTHS SANDY THE MOUNTAINS SOUTHERN THE ONLY CLIFF THE EAST STEEP SPURS GREATER LESSER CAUCASUS KOLKHIDA LOWLAND CONFINE PONTIC MOUNTAINS RUN ALONG SHORELINE RELIEF MODERATE LOW MOUNTAINS EMERGE THE BALKAN MOUNTAINS EASTWARD NORTHWARD THE WESTERN FLATTER PLATEAU REGION THE GREAT DANUBE RIVER INTO THE SEA THE BLACK YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN OF ATLANTIS LARGEST ZMIYINYY THE DANUBE DELTA THE MOUTH DNIESTER RIVER SUBMARINE CONCENTRIC ASYMMETRICAL BEYOND SHELF ZONE ENTIRE IN THE WEST THE HEAD ELSEWHERE TO 11 THE EDGE LESS THAN EDGE BROKEN VALLEYS UPPER PORT CITIES THE COASTLINE RANGE UNDERWATER NEARLY 100 MILES THE HOLLOW FORMING CORE COVERS TOTAL AREA FLAT DEPTHS INCREASING TOWARD THE CENTRE LITTLE MORE THE AXIS DISPLACED CITADEL COAST BRITANNICA STORIES IN THE NEWS TECHNOLOGY SPACEX ROCKET FOOD CAN DRINK WATER SOCIETY CALORIES ANIMALS GOOD NEWS UNDERLYING ROCKS REGIONAL DIVERSITY TYPE THE ANCIENT PRECAMBRIAN STRUCTURAL BLOCK THE RUSSIAN DATING MILLION YEARS AGO APPEAR RELATED PLATFORM DEEP COVER SEDIMENTARY LAID DEEPWATER GENERALLY VAST THE DEPRESSION BASALTIC GRANITE LAYER THRUST THE PERIPHERY SEAFLOOR DEPOSITS CHANGE PEBBLES GRAVEL FINE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF FULLY SEEMS RESIDUAL TETHYS SEA THE PRESENT PROBABLY AT THE END PALEOCENE EPOCH ANATOLIA SPLIT CASPIAN BLACK SEA BASIN SALINITY THAT TIME THE CAUCASUS CONNECT FACEBOOK TWITTER YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM PINTEREST MIOCENE EPOCH CHAIN LAKES CASPIAN REGION SEDIMENTS EARTH MOVEMENTS CHANGES SEA LEVEL PLEISTOCENE GLACIERS INTERMITTENT CONNECTIONS THE LAST OF THE GREAT GLACIATIONS FRESHWATER LAKE CONNECTION SALT BELIEVED YEARS AGO STRONG CRIMEAN EARTHQUAKE OF 1927 CLIMATE LANDLOCKED CONTINENTAL SUBJECT TO PRONOUNCED SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CLIMATIC PARTS THE BASIN STEPPE CLIMATE COLD WINTERS EXPOSED THE INFLUENCE AIR MASSES SHELTERED HIGH HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE IN WINTER SIBERIAN ANTICYCLONE AIR MASS CREATE CURRENT DOWN REGULAR ICE FORMATION WINTER INVASION POLAR CONTINENTAL AIR AVERAGE DAYS RAPID BECOMING PASSING TROPICAL MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS ALWAYS WINDS THE ATLANTIC RAIN SHARP GRASSLANDS POINT SHORE SPORTS RECREATION QUIZ BASEBALL DANGEROUS BIRDS ARTS CULTURE STANLEY KUBRICK INTERESTING FACTS RATS AIR TEMPERATURE THE CENTRAL SPRING AIR RISING IN THE SUMMER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SOMETIMES REACHING IN SUMMER BITTER HURRICANE FORCE COASTAL NOVOROSSIYSK GALE FORCE ITSELF MARKED YEARLY PERIODICITY WATER RANGES THE NORTHWEST COOLING MIXED LAYER BOUNDARY REMAINS LOWER DEPTHS DO NOT THE OPEN PARTS PER THOUSAND HALF INCREASE UP TO 150 METRES BELOW MUCH MORE DISTINGUISHED STABLE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION TRENDING TOPICS ALBERT EINSTEIN COLD WAR RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917 ADOLF HITLER PEARL HARBOR ATTACK DEPRESSION BATTLE OF STALINGRAD KOREAN WAR AFGHANISTAN WAR TRENCH WARFARE OXYGEN DISSOLVED RICH SEA LIFE MADE POSSIBLE CONTAMINATED HYDROGEN SULFIDE RESULTS IN THE BLACK RUNNING COUNTERCLOCKWISE BRANCHES GYRES CLOSED THE CURRENT SLOW INCHES SPEED INCH FLOWS SURFACE GOING OUT DEEP SITUATION HOLDS AZOV EXCHANGE COMPLETE RECYCLING TAKES OVERALL WATER BALANCE COMBINATION FACTORS INFLOW THE CONTINENTAL EXIT THE ANNUAL WATER LEVEL TIDES VIRTUALLY FOOT VARIATION SEICHES ATMOSPHERIC LIMITED THE COMPACT HENCE NATURE HUNDREDS CYCLE BOTTOM TURBULENCE CAUSED THE WARMTH CRUST CHEMICAL REACTIONS FAUNA DERIVE INVASIONS ELEMENTS DOMINATE FRESHWATER RIVER BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY MICROORGANISMS BIOMASS ONE AND A HALF TIMES PHYTOPLANKTON ZOOPLANKTON THIN SURFACE LAYER BACTERIA LIFELESS THE TINY NUMBE